have a state senator with a lot of support from out of state groups and other people, senator thad cochran popular with everybody, chief of staff kirk sims to manage the campaign, which is a positive thing for thad cochran. it's going to be an interesting race, but our goal is not have a circular firing squad. >> sounds like you're weighing in on the side of thad cochran. >> i'm not breaking it down. state party is prohibited from endorsing. >> how many? >> we need to get one, yeah. we need another one. we have a big pitch. >> chris, joe, thanks for your time. apologize it got a little short here. got a big package, tribute time, herbert hoover is the longest serving secretary of commerce. he served for seven years and he's also the only secretary of commerce to become president. congratulations to today's winner, ben goodman. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] with five perfectly sweetened whole grains... you can't help but see the good. i took medicine but i still have symptoms. [ sneeze ] [ male announcer ] truth is not all flu products treat all your symptoms. what? [ male a

we want to thank tom cochran and the u.s. conference of mayor's staff. let's give them a round of applause [applause] we want to thank the host mayor, mayor gray from d.c., and all the servers who helped as of the last three days. [applause] here, there are task force meetings, lunch will be served. we will see you in february for the leadership meetings or in june in dallas. thank you, and god bless you. >> a reminder, if you have missed any of our coverage of the mayor's meetings be, you will find it online at c-span.org. upe live coverage coming this afternoon, from the south carolina senator tim scott. senator scott announced yesterday that next month you -- he will host an event honoring the black senators. and invite has been extended to president obama, among others. we will hear today from defense secretary chuck hagel, he will be joined by his french under part -- counterpart. he ordered a 60 day review of the nation pot nuclear arsenal -- nation's nuclear arsenal. we expected hear more about that , coming up at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. the

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she has since hired the johnnie cochran law firm. they are referring reporters to them. they say the investigation is continuing, and they expected to be completed soon. reporting live, sambora, a abc 7 news. .> -- sam ford , abc 7 news. dr. treating him for insomnia wrote about alex is'mental health. he denied having suicidal or homicidal thoughts. officials pulled the security access six weeks before the of healthbecause concerns, only to restore the access today's later. atclaims that fellow agent chicago o'hare amuse themselves by mocking the images of passengers released by scanners. after several years as a screener, he wrote a tell all co magazine.politi it is something people have wondered in the scanner, mib gossiped about -- am i being gossiped about? and some work. he said the machines were good besidesting everything cleverly hidden explosives or guns. many of the images got that were of overweight people buried there every folded dibble on awful display. i feel uncomfortable next time i go through one. she says she would rather take the pat down. >> you do n

facing up to four years in prison if convicted, bridges hired attorney johnny cochran, who quickly craftedefense. >> brown: todd's defense was that he blacked out and he had no idea what happened that night, and johnny cochran was able to get him off. he was fully acquitted of all charges. >> narrator: despite this second chance, bridges continued to struggle with the law and his addiction. >> wolf: addiction, depression, all the things that can come along with the mix of stardom and growing up can take different courses. somehow, todd bridges must have gotten lucky in the end, must have had some good advice. he must have dug deep and found the will within him to get smart. >> narrator: by the end of the decade, he finally beat his demons and cleaned up his life. >> brown: today, todd bridgese. is in a much better place. he hit rock bottom, but he went to rehab, and even though it seemed at one point that he was never going to have ahat he was resurgence in his career, he's actually been making tv reappearances. he makes public appearances as well, and he speaks out against drug use. >> na

and i want to thank chairwoman stabenow and senator cochran for working with me to get that amendment approved and carried into the final bill. i would like to thank all the colorado ranchers and sportsmen and advocates of the outdoors for their support drafting this legislation. also important to the west this legislation makes great strides on forest health. this is a huge issue for colorado and all western states as we deal with terrible droughts, overgrown forests and massive wildfires, a number of which have occurred in colorado. this conference report gives the forest service new tools to treat areas in need of restoration like acreage suffering from the bark beetle. it reauthorizes programs like stewardship contracting and so called good neighbor authority for our national forests. so all in all, i again just want to say thank you to my colleagues on the committee for working so hard together for acknowledging regional interests that we have in the west that may not be shared with everybody, although anybody who is downstream from colorado -- that's basically the entire country

i've been fortunate in working 0en this appropriations bill to have as my rank member senator thad cochran of mississippi. he's carried on that legacy of bipartisanship. he is my friend. we trust one another, and that has made this job so much more complete and satisfying. we've conferenced a massive defense appropriations bill on an expedited schedule and we encourage our colleagues to vote for it in final passage. virtually 60% of all of the domestic discretionary spending of the united states of america is included in this one appropriations bill. now for nearly two years the department of defense has been in a state of paralysis because of budget uncertainty caused by the budget control act; sequestration, a threat that was never supposed to become a reality; and, sadly, the 16-day totally unnecessary government shutdown. this bill is the first step in regaining stability and providing a solid foundation for our department of defense to plan for a future. it represents a return to regular order for both the budget and appropriations committees and for congress. finally we're going to e

in wyoming, liz cheaney, in mississippi, that you would cochran vs. a tea party challenger there. in kentucky, mitch mcconnell versus a tea party candidate. so we're going to see plenty of opportunities for establishment versus the tea party. john: does the white house feel that they'll lose the senate or do they see opportunities there for them to pull it out as they did in 2010? >> i talked to a very seasoned democrat at the end of 2013 and he talked about, as amy suggested, it was the worst map that he could remember seeing in his career. so the white house is worried about that and very aware that democrats in the senate wants to have the president either help sculpt a script or help them lead. you can see that income inequality idea setting it up, the effort to try to contrast the democratic party from the republican party while the republicans are all over the map about their message. i think they're worried. john: doyle, you and i both remember that as popular as ronald reagan was in 1986, when he had his second term, he couldn't hold some candidates. >> almost every presid

reunification committee sent a message to their counterparts in seoul they turned out south korean preston cochran as cold to hold reunions later this month. one reason they gave is fox promised to work with other nations to keep pressing the north to drop its nuclear program. another is military exercises the south koreans plan to hold with the united states the north koreans ask if families can hold reunions in peace amid gunfire. they say officials can talk together if the south koreans are ready to discuss proposals from the north. analysts say that maybe a reference to pyongyang's desire to restart the joint tourism project in the resort to of mt kong and nearly one hundred thirty thousand people in south korea have applied to meet their relatives in the north glasgow uni and swore in two thousand and ten. people in north korea have been seeing how much their leader enjoyed a basketball game on his birthday. state media showed kim jong hoon. watching a friendly between a local team and a group of former nba stars the new us national basketball league cent of tv it had concluded a crime scene

campbell famous tune for attacking a place that past traditional rice and beans rice bowls and steve cochran which protect the crown. he bought it for the electorate by stumbling to a specialty in our town. many people come here to taste them. the need to read some painful okay. he could sell over ten thousand count on that day about the time of the track and go fast. i need a new markers to help me work in iran because the boat right up until way too nice to see that i don't even consider in summer it is so crowded and people have to queue for very long time to get on the popes. and yet this i can. and the whole state is proving as popular now. shops have been shot him down not too many to list children and has since been too cold here for three years he is thinking of moving on with that. business is quiet here. i think the house climbing rocks capture that's why no one wants to come. it is such a comedian that i'll have a mock more to offer. on the bumpy means you can expand my people have stopped coming. he and the milk would develop attracted a novel on studios to set up a piano at a re

and i am proud, along with senator cochran's tremendous support, who is a member of my committee, and senator begich, particularly from alaska, who fought very hard for a good outcome on the coast guard budget, which is above the administration's request and has a modest increase and will be supporting so many important projects for our coast guard and the men and women of our coast guard. it provides $10.2 billion overall, which is a significant increase, and we did so within our budget constraints. another piece i want to highlight is our enforcement of immigration and custom laws. we are in a big debate about immigration reform and the importance of finding common ground on immigration reform for the benefit of our businesses and our economy here in america that depend on clear rules of the road, clear processes for people to become citizens who have paid their taxes that have come here legally and for people without the current legal papers to give them a path to citizenship once taxes are paid, once they get in line behind people that have come here legally, and protecting our bo

they also think there are other races, mississippi for example, that have long-time incumbent thad cochrans his party to a tea party candidate they would have a shot there if they could get a decent looking democrat in the race. so it's striking, peter, how much talking to dems these days on the hill they are consumed with gop primaries. >> and they pounce, they absolutely pounce when any republican says something vaguely out of the mainstream or seriously out of the mainstream. last week the republican national committee adopted a resolution urging their candidates to talk about abortion, for example, and terms friendly to them using poll numbers where the public sort of supports some abortion restrictions. and then the republican national committee was very happy about this. the next day they have mike huckabee come speak to the rnc and he talks about women's libidos. there's like a giant women republican face palm. >> this is why you all say you have the republican party itself seems sort of deadlocked on immigration. you can't -- so many of the candidates are worried about their primar

senator stabenow couldn't have been a better partner in this effort, and the same goes for senator cochran. i greatly appreciate the expertise that they both bring to agriculture policy, and i thank them for their leadership. i also want to thank the ranking member of the house agriculture, colin peterson. no one knows more about truer than colin peterson who serves as a representative from my state. he has the longest district in the united states of america, stretching literally from the canadian border nearly down to the iowa border. i guess that's why he flies his own plane, mr. president, when he visits the towns. there is no other way to visit many places in one day. it's been a privilege for me to work with congressman peterson on this issue. it's the second farm bill we have worked on together. i also want to thank my other congressman, tim walls, for his service on the conference committee. we worked hard to make sure this bill is strong for our country, for our state and for the people of america. farmers, ranchers and world communities in minnesota have been waiting for this far

were so disappointed because the defense team was supposed to be the ethics coming of the johnny cochraneeam. >> the next dream team. >> here's what happened. the prosecution didn't the prove the case but a lot went on behind the scenes here. the first prosecutor didn't file the charge s. when you have law enforcement trying to prove the case for the second prosecutor, if you just turned on the tv and weren't following the news you would think they were on the defense side. now in the wake of his troubles after the verdict, the not guilty verdict people think he was acquitted and he's a bad guy. so people think that's the wrong result. you can't make the leap. >> i was thinking casey anthony, no one's heard from her. >> she has her little viral -- >> most people acquitted of homicide disappear. the only other person who reappeared, o.j. >> guess what happened to him? >> these are multiple interactions with the law. >> get rid of the speeding -- >> hold on. >> two women calling 911. >> two 911 calls involving a gun. >> his defenders say he may be suffering post traumatic stress. you have b

republicans in your chamber that you did get, cochran, graham, wi wickard.ding the charge and is doing the best to round up the votes that he can. at present, he's not saying that we thinks we have the votes, but that it's in play. >> that it's possible. >> a lot of people are saying, i may, i may not. a lot of people want to see who else is voting, talk to their colleagues. i think it is kind of up in the air right now. this is going to be a vote that will work itself out on the flo floor. >> jared, what's your take? >> jack reed and sheldon didn't get in this business for the last week. for a long time, they've been supportive of these types of measures. i think the confusion right now besides the political dynamics is that the economy is improving. the job market is improving, but it is far from healed. if you look at the share of long-term unemployed, that's 2.6% of the labor force, historically when congress has allowed extended benefits to expire, the share has been half that size, 1.3% of the labor force. meaning many fewer long-term unemployed depend

if you want to drive this thing home, go to the home district of cochran and united states senator, yeah you didn't vote for me but i'm fighting for you. he has to make it about the people, not the people in the room but the people who are watching at home. >> mr. anderson people at home. >> it's like they use us to get into office. they use the low income people to get into office. but once they are in office they take care of the rim rich, morex cuts. for the companies that are bankrupt, they did nothing for poor or low income. >> because you have no lobbyist. that's one of the fundamental problems. i would hope the poor or low income, you should have people out there who tried to do what martin luther king did in 1968 with the poor people's campaign. mobilizing those voices to say you are going olisten to us. that's what the president has to do. >> but right at this moment the lbj anniversary, this is actually the moment where you know you could look back in history and say this was a fight that was -- >> it is the moment but unfortunately we have civil rights organizations that unfor

but the question is, are the steve stockman, the primary challenger to thad cochran in mississippi, matt mitch mcconnell, they probably will keep talking about it. if any one of them comes close to winning, that's going to be a warning sign for the rest of the members. >> you're talking about people challenging the incoumbents fro the right. they'll talk blindly about let's get rid of it. >> this is a great map and i want to show it. i found it earlier this week. >> you don't want to spend more time talking about the affordable care act? >> let's put up this map. this is andrew shears, a geology professor, fascinating, at mansfield university, which i believe is in pennsylvania. this is a map what if every secession movement succeeded, it would be 124 states. very complicated. david, your take. >> you know, what i was fascinated by is it actually looked like the 124 states almost divide the 1 trcountry i 124 equal pieces. you have south jersey and north jersey about split and it becomes about the same size as whatever it is, western dakota. >> i found fascinating that south carolina was

. >> jesse cochran. >> john stamos. >> jesse cochran. >> what is it?>> "my girl." >> "my generation." >> "my generation." stamos on the board. there you go. >> yay! >> there you go. >> well, it was -- it wasn't, you know, a very huge competition. >> i came out of the gate early. >> congratulations to bob saget, everybody, the winner of "full house." >> we tied. >> we love you guys. check out their super bowl commercial, movies, performances. and we'll be right back. sarah hyland is here from "modern family." ♪ ♪ this is going to be the best day of my life ♪ >>> ah. here, here. "vampire academy," electrifying new movie set in a hidden boarding school for vampires. they'll do anything to protect themselves. gain control based on the best-selling series of the same name. before we talk to one of its stars, let's take a look. >> lissa. >> oh, my god. >> who would do something like this? i mean why? go to the wall and talk to me. >> what? yeah, okay. it's fresh and -- >> can you tell me if it's royal? >> don't be absurd. >> said the girl licking the wall. >

slowing as well traditional around cochran and dunn, not a surprise for north 101.change. car fire southbound sycamore on the shoulder but distraction there. what the colors look like. what the live look looks like for westbound 580. slowing down because of the volume of traffic, westbound with headlights approaching through the tri-valley. across the bay, san mateo, low clouds and fog playing a factor and registering on the road wli index. from the san mateo bridge into oakland, 880, 580, north bay, how traffic is throwing there. let me show you speeds. dipping down now to yellow, south bound 101 through north bay and highway 37 through vallejo. >>> thousands of people and law enforcement officers from across the bay area expected to gather in castro valley to pay fine respects to sergeant tom smith. the b.a.r.t. officer was accidentally shot and killed by another b.a.r.t. police officer. "today in the bay's" christie smith live at church with more details on the funeral. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, we're starting to see a handful of police o

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here is ted cochran of mississippi. >> if the law can't keep their most basic promise, it should be repealed. we have introduced legislation to do just that. we should go back to the drawing board and draft common sense, bipartisan legislation that will work better for all americans. >> president obama said to announce his decision to changes on the nsa surveillance program friday. a board briefed the president earlier on recommendations of the upcoming report. john kerry departs for paris. the topic will be the civil war raging in syria. >>> two people are dead after a downpour in south florida. nearly two feet of rain fell in 24 hours in palm beach county. some residents has to use canoes to get around the flooded streets. dylan dreier is here with the forecast. good soggy morning to you. >> good morning, alex. a nice mild day up and down the east coast with temperatures in newark, 50 dgt. the cold air in the northern plains, not as cold as it has been. we have a rainstorm producing heavy downpours in kentucky to tennessee. parts of the southeast is going to move eastward. we have freezing

this also goes to the cochrane raise. trend ina fundamental american politics.i wish more journalists wrote about this. these lawmakers have been in there for decades. they like their senator. they like roberts. not especially with mcconnell. they are not really happy with him right now. there is the idea that they like them, but it is time for a change. it is time to find somebody new. clearly, they are not helping the situation in the state -- d.c. roberts is inat trouble and i think the mitch mcconnell is in trouble in kentucky. bevin is athink that better general election candidate against allison grimes. i want to ask you about wyoming. two familiar names. liz cheney -- guest: this is kind of like texas. the challenger and the incumbent appear to be above average. we do not see a contrast. from my position, i have not taken much time to see what could happen. whatever happens, republicans will get that seat. host: listed under least endangered, we spoke about texas. lamar alexander, who stepped aside, is running. he is facing a challenge. guest: this is an

, they typically have something down in the 58%, 68%, like mike simpson in idaho, or senator thad cochrann mississippi. two republican incumbents who the club for growth pac is trying to remove from office. >> well, you know, i looked at some of the criteria, the things that club for growth stands for, and i said i agree with them. term limits, balanced budget, lower taxes, i said i agree with all of that. why does a guy like me or tomma thompson get targeted by club for growth. >> if we wanted to relitigate your record for governor, we could, but we went through it with a fine-tooth comb and found it was not a 90% or above record that we like. that's simply the reason we opposed your candidacy for the presidency. >> hold on just a second, because sometimes when you look at it, you don't look at it in the context of having 89 out of 100 democrats in my house and 31 out of 35 democrats in the senate. i didn't get a lot of stuff i wanted. but i think if you looked at the context, you know, you guys judge me for some stuff i didn't even do. i remember a spot, and i don't want to go back and

you can put the late johnnie cochran at one end of the spectrum and him in the other.in point, my interview with him. i gave the president a huge target to speak about. i asked him what he thought about the republican party's efforts in three different states to suppress the votes of minorities. did he go for it? briefly, yes. he questioned how a person could hold to faith in american exceptionalism, and then do everything he could to make it harder for people to vote. did he dwell on that point? no. he immediately moved to what he called the bigger problem of people having given up so much of government in politics, they don't even bother to vote, even when it's easy. play the race card? this president discards the race issues more than you can imagine. what he said to david remnick is so common and street wise, it should be applauded by the most conservative of listener. what other president has spoken about issues of crime and public safety in such a common sense way as this one just did to david remnick? again, everything this man has done with his life, his clean

i thank representatives peterson and lucas and senators stabenow and cochran for their leadership in negotiating this conference report. throughout this process, it was my goal to ensure a fair and balanced farm bill. while i do not agree with some of the provisions of this conference bill, i firmly believe it is a good compromise. given how far apart we were when this conference began, i am pleased members on both sides of the aisle and across the chamber were able to reach a consensus and show the american people congress can work together. the agreement rejects categorycal eligibility, something we talk about for sometime. the $8.6 billion savings in snap over 10 years, over 10 years comes from a change in liheap policy that would shrink benefits for approximately 850,000 households in 16 states. it does not eliminate a qualified household from access to snap, which was an important consideration on the difficult road to reach a compromise that prevents devastating cuts and changes to this critically needed program. this agreement also expands economic investment in low income, ur

[applause] >> thank you to their get foundation in particular, john cochrane for the invitation to be here. to talk about the book. i wanted to pick up where you left off talking about the book and folks that make up the book. as blog posts, what were we doing when we were writing this blog post? because i think there are ways in which the blog format are changing the nature or at least some aspect of the supreme court advocacy and planning the categories. i wanted to think about the blog post here as blog posts that made up the book and think about how blogs in particular may be changing the constitutional debate. with really the material in this book being the one example, maybe the first example, first public example of how this might happen. what led me to think about the book is what is i happen to have the book on my desk the same time i had an article about yale, emeritus professor at university of michigan who's a real giant in the academic field, and the procedure, in the 1960s when he was a young academic he wrote a series of law the articles really rethinking some of the ba

senator thad cochran from mississippi, senator jeff merkley from oregon, senator john hoeven from north dakota, senator tim scott from south carolina, senator heidi heitkamp from north dakota, roger wicker from mississippi, senator vitter from louisiana, senator chuck schumer was particularly strong and a leader, senator kirsten gillibrand from new york, senator ed markey from massachusetts, as well as elizabeth warren from massachusetts who were early supporters of this bill. senator bill nelson of florida. senator rubio of florida, particularly senator nelson who got on this bill early and began educating people, not only in florida but around the country. senator al franken from minnesota. senator joe manchin. senator bob casey from pennsylvania. another senator that has no ocean but pennsylvania has i think the most new fema maps of any state in the union. the people of pennsylvania would really be affected if our bill doesn't pass. even the amendment that is being offered by one of the senators does not solve their problem, and it's unfortunate, and i hope that people will vote str

. >> i'd like to take an opportunity to thank ceo tom cochran and the entire u.s. conference of mayors team for making this winter session an amazing experience. let's give tom and the dream team known as the u.s. conference of mayors staff a big hand. [applause] e mean, what -- i mean, what organization provides q&a with the president of the united states, president obama? let's give 'em another hand, right? [applause] and the president is just as cool in person as he is on tv, by the way. [laughter] i'd like the give a big thanks to our president mayor scott smith, vp mayor kevin johnson, vp rawlings blake and also the entire executive board. we thank you for your leadershipment i'm honored to bring you greetings from the great city of compton. compton is a special place. we're a city of just 10 square miles and 100,000 residents. most people in the united states of america have heard of the city of compton. for those of you that have had the opportunity to visit, you are well aware that our community is much more than gangs, hip-hop and drugs. we are home to tho

before we go on with announcing the winners, i want to thank tom cochran and the leadership of the conference of mayors. into ourst getting third year of the partnership, but it has been a wonderful relationship, and we are truly excited about how we are going to continue this over the next few years. on to our grants. we want to thank all the mayors who applied. we gave our judges are worker out -- a workout this year. we are excited to see the robust projects that are taking place in your cities and communities. thank you again for participating. if you can also squeeze hold your applause to the end, and we will present a check, and do a group photo. the grow 1000 recipients are mesa, arizona, and botanicals walkway. florida, a youth farm. minneapolis, minnesota, a garden. florida, the intergenerational fruit and vegetable garden. houston, texas, the gabriella center for early childhood education garden natural playground. mayors, please come to the stage, and congratulations. [applause] [indiscernible] >> all right, good? moreight, let's get applause for miracle grow and our mirrors in our

living by endorsing a ted cruz is of the world, the people -- chris mchenry running against thad cochran in mississippi. is that, is the rise of ted cruz, mike lee, rand paul, i put them in a group though i know there are quite clear differences between the three of them, is that a good, bad, or indifferent thing for getting things done in washington? and i would enter your point is always we're not really in an anonymous time. we just think we ought. >> i'm a conservative republican and then i'm in madisonian, and i look at the federalist papers and it's like, our government is not designed to move fast. they feared a government of passions of the moment making big, radical decisions like changing one-sixth of our economy on partyline votes. >> i don't know what you're referring to. >> that's not what the founders wanted. i like the idea that a system has publications and problems and slows things down. and madison said, faction must be made to combat action. you have moveon.org of there. ya tea party movement which are far more fractured essence are probably the moveon.org is organizat

endorsing the ted cruz's of the world that these people challenge, chris daniel running against thad cochran in mississippi. is that -- is the rise of ted cruz, mike lee, rand paul, i put them in a group though i know you are quite coded differences between the three of them, is that a good, bad or indifferent thing for getting things done in washington? and arm over again, your point s always we're not really in an -- we think we're in -- >> i'm a conservative, i'm in madison and look at the federalist papers and like our government is not designed to move fast. they fear a government of passions of the moment making big radical decisions like changing one-sixth of our economy on partyline votes. that's it had -- >> i don't know what you're referring to. >> that's not what the founders wanted her to like the idea that a system has publications and problems and slows things down. and madison said, action must be made to combat action. you have move one or the other. you tea party movements, which are far more fractured and probably move on oregon -- organizations are more fractured than i re

thad cochran down in mississippi also a battle down there and sort of a tug of war for the republican in iowa. front page of "the washington post" this morning. which way is the republican party headed? >> well, the way i hope we're headed is being successful. i mean, i'm a volunteer in this position. i mean, i'm not in here just to have something to do. so what i want to do is win l elections. i know chris christie is having a hard time right now but he is smart and answer the questions without using talking points. i think people appreciate that about tom coburn and think they appreciate that about something like chris christie as well. >> tom is independent. it doesn't matter whether he is going against barack obama or whether he is going against certain people on talk radio that didn't appreciate him saying, hey, the government shutdown idea, not a good idea and it's going to hurt our party. >> i think we have to be smarter. last time i was on this program, joe, we talked about how the pro life split in this country is about even and we were talking about how conservatives, a lot

thad mcconnell and cochran joined the list of sponsors.other senate aide familiar with the talks says that the tally is in the mid-70's. don from california. caller: hello. i'm listening to these white folks coming on and talking about blacks and all that. that is all they always do. nobody thinks the democrats are all blacks. i am a democrat and i am black. notk people in america are african-american. they are hebrew israelites and jews. they do not -- they are not americans. they never were. white folks have been trying to hide this for centuries. now, black people are beginning to find out that they are jews and they are not blacks. they are jews. host: sally from wilson, virginia. independent line. caller: hello. yes, i am a 72-year-old white woman. originally from upstate new york. i moved down to virginia. everyone wants to blame barack obama. i am in defense of him. he has no power of his own. any decision that is made, he has the house of representatives and whoever behind him. i think that it is a shame. it is not about race. it i

we made that for barbara cochran, our investor.brie cheese, ham and a blueberry compote on top. >> this is awesome. >> it's a little sweet and -- >> it's not overwhelming. >> no. it's not overwhelming. >> you really are going to colorado? >> oh, yes. >> you have to do that. >> as we mentioned, i love when cincinnati companies are doing well. "shark tank" is unbelievable, tuesday night, it willing on at 8:00 p.m. again, becky. i mean, it works. crazy. >> thanks. >> smells really good. you are going to bring some over. >> andrew obviously enjoying himself. when we come back, though, the official start of earnings season, dow component jp morgan about to report results. we'll have them after the break. >>> and david rubenstein will be our guest host. he'll talk to us about why the private equity join the has been so busy in europe. more "squawk box" right after this. ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ [ male announcer ] the beautifully practical and practically

this also goes to the cochrane raise. trend ina fundamental american politics.ish more journalists wrote about this. these lawmakers have been in there for decades. they like their senator. they like roberts. not especially with mcconnell. they are not really happy with him right now. there is the idea that they like them, but it is time for a change. it is time to find somebody new. clearly, they are not helping the situation in the state -- d.c. roberts is inat trouble and i think the mitch mcconnell is in trouble in kentucky. bevin is athink that better general election candidate against allison grimes. i want to ask you about wyoming. two familiar names. liz cheney -- guest: this is kind of like texas. the challenger and the incumbent appear to be above average. we do not see a contrast. from my position, i have not taken much time to see what could happen. whatever happens, republicans will get that seat. host: listed under least endangered, we spoke about texas. lamar alexander, who stepped aside, is running. he is facing a challenge. guest: this is an ong

i thank representatives peterson and lucas and senators stabenow and cochran for their leadership inegotiating this conference report. throughout this process, it was my goal to ensure a fair and balanced farm bill. while i do not agree with some of the provisions of this conference bill, i firmly believe it is a good compromise. given how far apart we were when this conference began, i am pleased members on both sides of the aisle and across the chamber were able to reach a consensus and show the american people congress can work together. the agreement rejects categorycal eligibility, something we talk about for sometime. the $8.6 billion savings in snap over 10 years, over 10 years comes from a change in liheap policy that would shrink benefits for approximately 850,000 households in 16 states. it does not eliminate a qualified household from access to snap, which was an important consideration on the difficult road to reach a compromise that prevents devastating cuts and changes to this critically needed program. this agreement also expands economic investment in low income, urba

cochran: mr. president, i'm pleased the senate is close to considering a bill to protect homeowners and businesses from unintended increases in the cost of flood insurance. in july 2012, as part of a larger legislative package that included the highway bill and the gulf coast restoration act, congress passed the so-called biggert-waters flood insurance reform act with no opportunity for amendments. the biggert-waters act generally succeeded in its aim to strengthen and ensure the long-term fiscal solvency of the national flood insurance program but we need to take another look at a few of the act's reforms that are causing a great deal of consternation throughout my state and the rest of the country. at the time of its consideration by the senate, we knew biggert-waters might cause modest increases in flood insurance premiums. administrative officials testified repeatedly before our committees that the increases would be manageable for american homeowners. unfortunately, the increases have been an

tom cochran. tom cochran.com. >> right. i like relationship with john kimbell. i'm a usc fan but i don't -- but other than that i'm glad you have them on the show. i have a question space i was going to get to the whole thing without bringing up usc. >> and my question is, why is there such terrible reception on this station? i lived -- [applause] in the laguna. whether i'm in l.a. or wherever i am, here's this diverse program of want to hear and they can do anything. especially when you get off at lake forest and you start driving -- day or night come in my house, on the radio in the car, i'm going crazy. >> i answered this question all over the country. no matter how strong a signal, no matter how wonderful the station, and it didn't upon when you leave the reach of a signal and the signal is a directional and it is a day timer, which means the moment the sun goes down, they have to turn down the power. so every night you will be going along listening to "the hugh hewitt show" and there are some bands that arrived right about -- is the station south of the mex